Six ways to find out what an attacker would.
Every engagement ends the same way: a fix that has been verified, not assumed. The entry point depends on what you are protecting and what triggered the request.
Not sure which one?
Describe the system and the worry. I'll tell you the smallest engagement that answers the question.
enes.ismaili@gmail.comApplication & API Penetration Testing
Find what the scanner misses
Manual, OWASP-aligned testing of your web app and APIs. Authentication, access control, business logic, and the flaws that only appear when someone actually tries to break in.
Cloud & Infrastructure Security Review
The estate behind the product
A focused review of the cloud and Linux estate your product sits on. Identity, object storage, network exposure, and the CDN edge in front of it.
SIEM Engineering & Detection
Alerts that mean something
I design, deploy and tune Wazuh so your monitoring actually catches things. Log ingestion, correlation rules, file integrity monitoring and dashboards.
Compliance Hardening
Controls, not paperwork
I turn NIST SP 800-53, HIPAA and PCI DSS requirements into actual configuration, mapped to what your systems do, with evidence you can hand an auditor.
Bug Bounty Triage & Program Support
The report queue, handled
I read every submission, reproduce it, score it fairly and tell you what is worth fixing. Your product team gets a queue they can trust.
WordPress & Hosting Security
Where most of the web runs
Hardening and penetration testing for WordPress sites, plugins and shared hosting, from someone who has also administered the servers.
Three ways to buy the work.
Scoping should be boring: clear targets, clear windows, clear price. If a proposal is vague about what is being tested, that is the first finding.
Fixed-scope project
A defined surface, a defined window, a fixed fee. Best for a first pentest, a pre-audit review or a specific release.
- Written scope + quote
- Evidence-backed report
- One retest included
Monthly retainer
Ongoing capacity for bug bounty triage, detection tuning or a steady stream of testing across releases.
- Reserved hours each month
- Weekly written updates
- Priority response
Advisory
A few hours a month to review architecture, answer the awkward security questions and check other people's work.
- Async + scheduled calls
- Control and design review
- Second-opinion testing
Scope
A short call, then a written scope. Targets, rules of engagement, testing windows and anything that is out of bounds.
Test
Manual work against the real attack surface, with automated tooling where it helps. Findings are confirmed before they reach the report.
Prove
Every issue comes with reproduction steps, a CVSS score and a realistic impact statement. Critical is just a word without evidence.
Verify
After remediation I retest each finding and confirm it is closed. Most engagements stop before this step. This is the one that counts.
Tell me what triggered this.
A failed audit, a customer questionnaire, a suspicious log line or a launch date. The reason usually tells us where to start.
Typically replies within one business day. NDA on request.
enes.ismaili@gmail.com